An update on fires and haze across Southeast Asia

24 Jun 2014

Forest fires and the resulting choking haze in Southeast Asia is an urgent and evolving issue. June 2014 has already seen a rise in the number of fires in Sumatra despite efforts to prevent reoccurrences, and Southeast Asia is facing a year forecast to be drier than usual.

Last year CIFOR published a Q&A feature about the fires and haze that, given recent developments and new research, has now been updated. Read the Q&A feature here.

You can also listen to CIFOR scientist David Gaveau talk about the latest news on haze and current research efforts in Sumatra in this video of Science@10, CIFOR’s knowledge sharing sessions.